Welcome to Amherst!

Amherst Elementary School

Carolyn Lee, Principal

Amherst Elementary opened its doors in August 2005. It serves the Ridgedale/Amherst community. The school is located at 7205 Ball Camp Pike, near the intersection of Ball Camp and Amherst Road.

Amherst Elementary has an enrollment of about 600 students. The capacity of the school is 800. There are the following classes: Kindergarten-5; First Grade-5; Second Grade-5 ; Third Grade-4; Fourth Grade-4; Fifth Grade-4. The school also offers the following Special Education Programs: CDC-A, CDC,  Pre- school, Resource, Satellite, Asperger's Class, Speech/Language and Hearing Impaired.

Feeder System:

Students from Amherst Elementary will attend either Bearden Middle School, Karns Middle School or Northwest Middle School. The middle school the student will attend depends on the student's home address

Daycare:

The following daycare providers serve Amherst Elementary School:

       Kid's Place (on site daycare) #660-7154

       Grace Place (Grace Baptist Church) #342-3858

       LaPetite Academy #691-7511

       Trinity United Methodist Church #588-6833

       Bearden United Methodist (not kindergarten) #588-6717

       Cansler Boys and Girls Club #673-8645

       Erin's Kids #947-2921

       Kindercare Learning Center #693-5570